All about Us

Kick It Out! founded in 2012, began instructing classes in a 1,000 square foot site with 14 students and has grown into a 4,400 square foot site in East Lansing, MI with three dance studio rooms. We have Harlequin Cascade Marley floor in our studio rooms that have a custom-built sprung dance sub floor. Our lobby is spacious, comfortable with plenty of seating, TV with high-speed, two changing rooms with cubbies for students to put their personal items in and three desks to do homework and four rest rooms. We also have WiFi access for our visitors to use.

We are a family owned business with some of the most talented, enthusiastic and dedicated instructors. At KIO! students will experience a positive learning environment, appreciating dance as an art form while building lasting friendships with fellow students. Each one of our student’s personal growth is extremely important to us as well as their technical dance growth!

Call or e-mail to take a tour, view a class and experience our studio for yourself. Come join us and be part of our family!

KIO! LOBBY AREA

CHANGING ROOM AREA

STUDIO ROOM #1

STUDIO ROOM #2

We are located at: 1760 E Grand River Avenue East Lansing, MI 48823. We are on the south side of E Grand River Avenue and east of Hagadorn, across the street from the Shell gas station. The Entrance drive to our building runs along side to Gorsline Runciman Funeral Home.

Hope to see you soon at Kick It Out! and thanks for visiting our website!

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KIO Customer testimonials

“My daughter has been in the Kick It Out dance program for a couple years and loves it…”

Lisa E. Gonzalez

We have been here 3 years now and I love how relaxed the environment it, how supportive of the dancers, and that everyone is able to participate! The director is always available if you have questions or concerns and has worked really hard with my girls (both younger) to improve their dancing and their self confidence!

Melissa O'Shea-Wurtzel

KIO welcomed my son and has challenged him in ways I have not seen.The instructors work well with him and the other dancers accept him.I would gladly recommend KIO to anyone and am proud to be a part of this studio.

Tracy Seyffert

The best dance studio my daughter has ever attended KIO forever she will be!!

Melisa Keck

I’ve been going there for three years for Zumba, Zumba Toning and also Pound fitness classes. My daughter has taken ballet classes there and loved it! She had her first recital in 2014. Such a great and comfortable place to work out and take my daughter to dance. Highly recommend it!

Cristina Moreno

This dance studio is fantastic and the staff is amazing! I would definitely recommend everyone to check it out!

Rosie Benson

Our 3-year old daughter Ezra tends to be very shy in group settings. She has been that way ever since we adopted her from Ethiopia at 8 months. I took her to a two-day tiny tumblers dance class at Kick It Out and by the second day she really started to come around. She’s dancing and tumbling all around the house now. Thanks so much Kick It Out for helping our daughter start to come out of her shell.

Megan and Ryan Armbrustmacher

My kids have been going here for dance for three years now and they love it. The owner does a lot of getting to know the kids, so it’s not just paycheck but more of a friendship. We felt so welcome from the beginning. We love it and will be going back.

Steven and Heather Stiffler

Evie LOVES her dance studio and her teacher Miss Molly. She looks forward to seeing her friends in class every week and would really like it if she had MORE friends to dance with in her ballet and tap classes. Come check it out…

Dawn Blowers

We will be entering our 3rd season with KIO and love it more every year. My daughter’s footwork, turns, leaps, and everything had to be corrected from another studio. And her skills really have improved! My daughter is not the same dancer I brought through the Kick It Out doors. She’s better by a 1,000%. In fact my son is now dancing competitively for KIO. KIO is really a second home to my kids and many others. It’s a great place to take your kiddos for dance, be it recreational or competitive.